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I 0 8razi1............. 0 1 Guern.&Jersey 0 0 Malta 0 0 Buenos Ayres... 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Mexico 0 0 tarthagena...... 0 0 Holland 1 0 Ostend 0 I Dublin... I Flanders 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning lOminutes after Z. I Evening...... 42 minutes after 2. In the Press, and shortly will be published, MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHESS DE In 2 vols. Henry Colburn, Publisher, 13, Great 3lsrlborough-street. BERR On Saturday, December 31, will be published, in 2 vols. Bvo., THE AMERICANS in their Social, Moral, and Political Relations. By FRANCIS J. GRUND. Fifteen years resident in America. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co. Now ready, Ninth Edition, foolscap Bvo., 2s. 6d., gilt edges, "TINTS on ETIQUETTE ; and the USAGES of SOCIETY, &c. By Ayw7oc. Also, Fourth Edition, fcp. Bvo. 3s. gilt edges, SHORT WHIST. By Major A**"*. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, and Co. HAAIBURGH, DEC. 12. ON approach of the COMMENCEMENT of JAN VARY, all those who may have to write to us before that time, are requested to do so without delay, and to be particular in directing, HEINE BROTHERS, in HAMBURGH, and to observe, that a letter with one inclosure doubles the Postage only, but several inclosures would by far increase the same. Thus 101., 201., or 301., for instance, if remitted i n O ne B an k o f Eng land Note would only cause double Postage, but 101. remitted in two notes, would be liable to a much higher charge. It is there fore most advisable, for any Person having to remit Money to Ham burgh, to forward the amount in One Note; or having to receive Money from Hamburgh, to receive the same in One Note, when ever possible. Of course remittances from Hamburgh to England, surpassing the usual amount of One Bank of England Note, may rather be made in Bills of Exchange, on London. We request not to overlook these particulars. HEINE BROTHERS in HAMBURGH. P. S. To persons having to remit Si., on receiving a Ten Pound Note, we return Two Pound in the cheapest way possible. The publication of Tug SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day 'at 10 minutes past Three o'clock. s4itzl„ LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1836 Two Conservative Meetings, one at .Ashby•de-la- Zouch, and one at Bath, have taken place within the week. At both these feeds the amount of nonsense talked was pretty equal; though if we have a preference, it is—we hope Bath won't be jealous—for the Leices tershire meeting, where Mr. HALFORD, M.P., pala vered away at a rate calculated to leave all competitors for the palm of pre-eminent dullness at an immeasur able distance. This Gentleman is as finished a sam ple of the button-holder as we ever remember to have heard of. He indulged the Ashby-d:e-la-Zouch Con servatives with a speech—we take the Morning Post admeasurement—of just one ya:d and four inches long ! Only conceive, upwards of two columns of a daily Journal occupied with a Phillippic, containing as much sheer, unleavened absurdity as is spoken any hour of the day within the walls of Bedlam ! Mr. HALFORD may be—and we have every reason to believe, is—a very estimable man ; but really he should have more discretion--more consideration for his hearers, than to speak, as Falstaff fought, " a whole hour by Shrewsbury clock." The consequence of his inordi uate prolixity is, that. our afflicted Contemporary has been compelled to cut short the speech of the Marquis of GRANBY which—though we are far from looking on this abridgement as a national calamity—is rather hard upon a rising young noble man, who " comes of age next week," and never before opened his aristocratic lips in public. Had Mr. HALFORD allowed the Marquis fair play, who knows what food for innocent laughter he might have afforded us? Haply, in the absence of the talented LONDON DERY, who is now shaking the sides of all St. Peters burgh, the heir of the House of Rutland might have shone as a Merry-andrew of the first water. And this exhibition we have been deprived of, because Mr. ITALFORD has thought fit to show how much unadul terated nonsense may be packed up in the smallest possible compass ! This bright Leicestershire De mosthenes, not content with uttering a howl over the ashes of our " once glorious" Constitution ; compa ring WILLIAM the FOURTII and his people to " SAMPSON and the Philistines ; and the Irish Cor porations to ghosts " with marrowless bones"—ex pressed his solemn and deliberate conviction, that England's ruin was at hand, and that she was lost beyond all redemption, because in the year of anarchy, 1836, Mr. O'CONNELL " walked ostentatiously up the floor of 4 .:ne House of Commons, to extend the right-hand . of fellowship to the he r .ir of a 'great family, a Cabir.iet Minister !" " I mys e lf," adds the horror stricken HA LFORD--and we can imagine how he looked when he stated the appalling fact—" I my self was a witness of this exhibition, and fancied, as I sate opposite, that the blood of all the HOWARDS rushed into the cheeks of the Noble Se etetary for Ireland." Horrible ! But is there no re medy for this disastrous shake of the hand ? Is all lost, because the rebellious fist of DAN has squeezed the more Constitutional one of Lord MORPETII ? We think w e can suggest a remedy, and it is this—that Mr• trCONNELL shall instantly hurry over to Glas gow, and shake, in full conclave and broad day-light, the Conservative palm of Lord LYNDHURST. This will right the balance, and, it is to be hoped, preserve the Constitution some few years longer. Mr. HALFORD, however, denies the possibility of any remedy. The shake, quoth he, has been given ; no thing can undo that—and such a shake Lord MOR- N E W S PETH's hand, and his Majesty's throne have never— yet known. Howl, then, ye Three per Cents.— shes on your heads, ye Public Securities and. Interests—for that earthquake shake of DAN'S - V fe. rAE,I7-; l. :er y Vi ~ -. I a: ,e, - :,..5 , : i;'.. , ,•,'' N--- - - 'l l..4''ff - ed •T l a It A f Vtt THV ourselves or any, either permanently or as tt seettrity for the repayment of debts due to us, she has only to adopt the straightforward, honest policy of performing the stipulations guaranted by the quadruple treaty. Her honour and good faith the at stake=-=We point out the only iii ails by which she can prevent a sacrifice of them. The King of the FRENCH solemnly engaged in the face of Europe to co-operate with three other great powers in guaranteeing the peace of a fourth power. The occasion for such co-operation presented itself, and the most Christian King, in common with the sovereigns of Great B i ritain and Portugal, was called upon to re deem the p:edge which he had given in the name of the French nation. The manner in which LOUIS PHILIPPE responded to the supplications of Spain is sufficiently notorious. The QUEEN'S Government was amused with promises, while substantial aid was given to Don CARLOS—under the pretext of keeping up the dignity of an embassy, the Spanish capital was swarmed with spies worthy of the Palais Royale in 1792 and a birth day compliment paid to a beautiful woman, and an insincere promise made to a too-confiding Mi nister, were presumed sufficient:for the exaction of a confidence, and the enforcing of councils, alike fatal to the cause of constitutional liberty. England has hi therto manifested the sincerity of her desire to tranquil lize Spain in conjunction with her allies. Her fleet, her military stores, and many of her able officers have been all at the service of the Spanish Government. But if she be left unassisted, not only to guarantee the triumph of the Queen of SPAIN over the Carlists, but to neutra lize the enmity of a treacherous ally—if she be called upon to subsidize a Government reduced to the last extremity by the bad faith of France—is she therefore to be blamed for accepting such security as Spain may voluntarily offer for the repayment of such subsidy ? We are arguing the question inferentially, for as yet we have received no authentic intelligeirce on the subject of the occupation of San Sebastian by Great Britain. The rumour in circulation is to this effect : Spain stipulates to give up San Sebastian to Great Britain as a guarantee for the repayment of a subsidy of 60,0001. sterling, a month—the monthly subsidy to be regularly paid during the continuance of the civil war, on condition that England will eva cuate the town as soon as the debt so contracted shall be repaid. Admitting this statement to be correct, what advantage can England hope to derive from such a contract ? Her garrison at San Sebastian could not mortify the Spaniards, for we are not in arms against them ; and the same reasoning ap plies with still more force to the French. The town itself could be of no earthly service to us, even as a commercial depot, as a handful of troops could easily form a cordon sufficient to cut off all intercourse with the interior. The only advantage we would, or could, derive from its possession, would be the certainty that the money due to us would, sooner or later, be repaid—a certainty of which France has never shown herself regardless under similar cir cumstances. But as we have already observed, the French Government has only to perform the stipula tions of the Quadruple Treaty, to secure San Sebastian and every other eity:in Spain, in the safe and undis irbed possession of Queen ISABELLA 11. We learn, from the French papers of Tuesday, that the Government has received an official communication from the President of the Spanish Council, Senor CALATRAVA, expressive of that Minister's satisfac- tion of the FrenchGovernments' observance of the sti pulations of the quadruple treaty. In conjunction with the statement of this curious fact, a Ministerial Journal quotes the following extract from a speech de- livered in the Cortes on the 6th instant, by CALA TRAVA, in answer to the serious and heavy charges preferred against France by Senor ARGUELLEs " I will give some explanation on matters which concern a neighbouring Government, our friend and ally. The in tentions of men are in the hands of God, and to 11131 who knoxs there must be left the power of judging them. We can only judge of acts. Heving said this much, I can here only repeat the declaration made by her Majesty on the occasion of the opening of the Cortes, that the French Go vernment, since the beginning of the new Administration, has constantly shown itself disposed to give full effect to the stipulations of the quadruple treaty. Her Majesty's Government receives from the French Cabinet repeated as surances of its amicable dispositions. There may be some complaint on the mode of the execution of the treaty, and on this point I beg to refer to the explanations I gave in the report of my Administration. I must now declare that the French Government is extremely favourable to the Queen's cause, and that I found in the personal character of the Minister, who represents Franca at Madrid, a man of honour in the full extent of the term. It must not be forgotten that the stipulations of the quadruple treaty are neither as extended nor as explicit as is generally thought. This false idea has no doubt given rise to many of the re proaches made against the French Government, which has in reality contracted, neither by the treaty of the quadruple alliance nor by the additional articles, any express obliga tion to afford us a compensation of any nature whatever. In the 4th article of the treaty, if I am not mistaken, it. is said, in speaking of the co-operation, that if at a later period it should be thought necessary, the conditions must be regu listed by a new convention between the Powers who signed the treaty. This supposes a new treaty, and the Ministry has entered into none. There is no other obligation imposed on the French Government, but that of the first article of the additional convention, by which his Majesty the King of the French engages to prevent the rebels from receiving arms from the frontier. To this alone, does the obliga tion of the French Government extend. We cannot, there fore say or prove that the French Government has violated the only obligation which it expressly contracted. The co-operation to which M. Arguelles has made allusion is quite foreign from the treaty ; it was demanded and granted, not as an obligation resulting from the treaty, but as a work of supererogation which the French Government might ac complish or not, just as it pleased." Had we any wish to expose the gross ignorance of Senor CALATRAVA with respect to the Quadruple Treaty, we should here quote the several articles com prised in that document. We, however, confess that we are sincerely sorry to find a Minister, in whom we had placed such confidence, thus pander to the dis honest schemes of the French Cabinet, at the expense of truth and the public safety. If, indeed, CALATRAVA have written such a letter as is imputed to him— if be have positively assured France that Spain is satisfied with the conduct of the French Cabinet, as far as regards theybservance of the stipulations of the Quadruple Treat7—then do we accuse him of betraying the interests and misrepresenting the sentiments of the Spanish nation. There is no news of any great importance from Spain. The latest advices from Madrid are to the 13th inst., up to which time the debate on the articles borantin, extraordinary powers to the Government had continued, almost without intermission, in the Cortes. The sixth and last article was then under discussion. Bilboa continued to hold out on the 14th, although ESPARTERO had allowed the preced ing day to pass over without attempting to relieve it. Gom EZ was reported to have reached the village of Agre da, within seven leagues of the Ebro, with the remains of his division. A Christino force was organized to oppose his passage of the river. For the detailed in telligence in the French Journals, with eespect to the African expedition, we refer to our extracts under the head " Foreign Intelligence." BENTLEY'S MISCELLANY.—This; new periodical work, which will make its appearance on the Ist of Ja nuary, will be expressly devoted to original contributions of wit, humour, and satire, by the most distinguished writers of the day. In addition to " Boz " (the editor), whose " Pick wick Papers" have conferred upon him an extent of popula rity unequalled by any living humourist, we shall have in this publication the combined talents of Theodore Hook," Father Prout," Samuel Lover, Sheridan Knowles, Douglas Jer rold, and a host of other eminent writers. This will be the first instance, we believe, of a monthly work entirely devoted to mirth. To all , Christmas firesides it cannot fail to be heartily welcome. The typhus fever is very prevalent in Bradford, and several fatal cases have occurred, has shaken the eery foundations of civil order. The Bath Meeting, though attended by no Conservative worthy to vie with Mr. HA LFORD, M.P., was yet by no means deficient, as regards the dullness and prolixity of its speakers. Two parsons exhibited on this occasion, and displayed such a quick apprehension of the absurd, that, had they lived in POPE'S day, they 'Wtr:Mld have gained high preferment in " Dunciad." The names of this wmthy pair were, WILLIS and Jo- LIFFE. bne ranted, the other drivelled. Par son WILLIS essayed the minaceous, and Parson Jo- LIFFE the pathetic. WILLIS abused O'CONNELL, JOLIFFE bewailed the Bishops. Our inference from this is—for assuredly liquor has a great effect on ora tory—that the Rev. Mr. WILLIS had been inspirit ing his energies by champagne, and the Rev. Mr. Jo- LIFFE depressing them by flat port. And now that we are on the subject of Conservative feeds, we may perhaps be permitted to make one remark—namely, that we can always tell the depth of a Tory's pota tions, by the virulence of his abuse of O'CONNELL. If he be merely—as the Baron of Bradwardine would say—clriolus, he contents himself with stating that DANIEL is a demagogue ; but if he be ebrius —that is to say, undeniably drunk—he makes the astounding discovery, that the aforesaid DAN is the Devil. Such were the discoveries made the other day at those noisy guzzles in Bucks, and Yorkshire ; and more especially at Devonport, where—alas that we should be com pelled to say so I—scarce one of the assembly was able to maintainthe perpendicular, without laying fast hold of his neighbour's shoulder. At a late meeting held on the subject of Church rates at Brighton, Mr. HUME observed, " I can have no hesitation i❑ saying that it is incumbent on every man who values religious liberty, who values the cha racter of a freeman, that he should raise his voice and give his vote to abolish that which is a badge of ser vitude to all who deviate from the established religion of the church. It is and has been used, and attempts arc now making to continue it as such, to make the Dissenters a marked class, merely because they differ from the form of worship and manner of approaching their Creator which the law establishes in this country. Men who take that view of the subject cannot hesitate as to the course to be taken. I never faultered on that subject, and I beg to state that one or two of the gentlemen here have spoken, I hope in error, as if his MAJESTY'S Go vernment were now about, in the ensuing Session of Parliament, to adopt the same course which was re jected and repudiated in a former Session. I believe they will not. Of this lam quite sure, that if they at ' tempt it, it will be rejected with the same disdain it was before.—(Cheers.) Is it possible that my Lord Mel bourne—in whose judgment I place confidence, know ing that he is determined to stand by the people, as he has stated his determination not to resign office as long as the people will support him—(Cheers)----can I, who have watched his progress, who have viewed every step he has taken—can I believe him to be so insensi ble as that he intends, after that declaration, to do otherwise than what will be agreeable to the public ? If he does, away he must go. Of what use is reform in Parliament if we cannot obtain those reforms and changes of which the people stand in need ? We have been kept too long without those changes which are necessary. It is on that account I would—if I might tender my advice to this great and important meeting —admonish you not to allow any trifling differences to divide us. In Parliament we conquered by union, differing as we did from the milk and water Whig to the Radical Reformer.—(Cheers.) It was by that union, begun by a very small majority, and under very doubtful circumstances, that we rejected the Tories, and placed a Liberal Ministry in power. — (Cheers.) I do, therefore, warn those who entertain liberal opinions in this town not to allow any diffe rences to interfere on the present occasion ; merge al minor differences, and look for unanimity in the cal for the total abolition of this odious tax.—(Cheers.)" These are sound and stirring remarks, and, we are quite sure, will be promptly responded to by the people, who never had a more active, persevering, or determined advocate than honest JOSEPH HUME. The Gazette de France of Tuesday, which we have received along with the other Paris Journals of the same date, gravely charges England with causing the defeat of the French army before Constantina. "It is now well known in Paris," asserts this organ of an exploded system of Government, " that British offi cers of Engineers directed the first fire of the Arabs of Constantina against our soldiers." This is a grave charge, and therefore we have the more pleasure in pronouncing it as false as it is malicious. We are authorized positively to state, that no officer of British Engineers, either with the consent or as yet the knowledge of our Government, took part in repelling the attack made by the French against Constantina. Perhaps it is as much from vanity as any other motive, that the French always associate the name of England with their reverses of fortune. They do us the honour to allow that we are the only nation capable of thwarting their ambitious projects, by always assuming that they only suffer defeat when we take part with their enemies. But truth requires that we should correct impressions complimentary to our power at the expense of our justice. We have in no way interfered with the 'policy and the designs of the French in Africa ; we have made no overtures to the Arabs or their Chiefs ; we have looked on as spectator's, and when our sympathies have been excited, they were always favourable to France : and yet French statesmen must admit, that did we not repose confidence in the good faith of their Government, the subjugation of any part of Africa by France is a question of immense im portance to England. Instead, therefore, of seeking by underhand means to cover France with confusion relative to her late African campaign, we have not even made those representations which we would have a right to make, had we the least suspicion of our interests being endangered by the triumphs of France. Our ex treme and delicate forbearance ought to have procured for us the thanks, instead of the calumnies, of the French Press. Having thus disposed of a charge utterly false, we shall next notice a gross misrepresentation which the same Print carefully mixes up with it—most probably to heighten the effect of the picture :—" We see to day in the English Papers," continues the Gazette de France, " that Lord PALMERSTON intends to send 10,000 men to take possession of St. Sebastian in the name of England. It now remains to be known whether the Revolution of France will allow England to seize on that position in the Gulf of Biscay. The English alliance and the revolution of France arc bearing their fruits. During the restoration IVlinisters would have been impeached for such facts. Never was our national feeling so cruelly hurt as it is by the ajair Constantino and St. Sebastian. The English have shown themselves openly in both these places. We shall now see if the revolutionary feeling accords with the national feeling, and if it will tamely submit to two such checks." All this is very piteous truly, and we can believe that the Editor was bathed in tears when he wrote it. But he does us great wrong in taxing us with the cruel blow inflicted on the na tional feeling of France. With the affair of Con stantina we have had, as we stated before, nothing at all to do ; and as to the occupation of St. S e bastia n , England will evacuate the place to-morrow, if France will guarantee its safe possession by the Queen of SPAIN'S troops. We want no fortress in Spain ; and if France desire to make sure that we shall not possess N, LONDON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1836. PINE ARTS. SHAKSPEARE GALLERY - . Patt V. C. Tilt, London, 1836. The present Number of this elega►►t work consists of three fancy pdriraits; due of Ctessidai' and the other two of " Julia“ and the " Princess of France:" The first is the best, both in point of conception, and for the skilful manner in which it is engraved. The "Princess" has a lively, coquettish countenance, tho roughly French in its expression ; but her figure, if we mistake not, is out of drawing, the bosom and neck being on too large a scale for the rest of the body. When completed, this work will bind up well with any of the numerous octavo editions of Shakspearc. WRECK OF THE CLARENDON. C. Tilt, London, 1836. We have just seen a print illustrative of this dread ful catastrophe, which, we are told, was " draw❑ on the spot by Daniell." The sketch is a very striking one, and represents the West Indiaman in the act of striking on the iron-bound coast of the Isle of Wight. It is a mezzotint. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) ARNOLD V. If P,NOLD. This case came before the Court upon petition, praying that the Court would declare that a sum of 5661. 95., part of the Vtopett left by the late Colonel Iktnold f who was in the service of the East India Company, was not liable to the payment of the legaty dull: The grounds on which th 6 pidYer of the petition was rtstcf), vivre that Colonel Arnold; being ,elomicilcd at Bengal, although COY a parti cular purpose hip millivts proved in England, yet that The property was to he considered tO being administered in Ben gal, and therefore not liable to the legal &sty. Mr. WicatAm was addressing the Court oil bt4balf of the petitioner when our reporter left. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) MACINTOSH V. BIRCH AND OTHERS. Mr. KNIGHT applied this morning, cv jmitc, for an injunction against three persons, to restrain them from infringing the patent of the plaintiff, the celebrated water-proof cloak manufacturer. Mr. Knight stated that it would be in the recollection of the Court that sonic time since it had granted similar injunctions against other parties, and that an action at law had also taken place, for the purpose of establishing the validity of the patent, the verdict on which had fully done so. In the present instance two of the cases of infringement had only been discovered within a week, and the third within a fortnight. In one instance the infringement was in a cloak, in another a:bag,, and the third a piece of cloth. As the patent had been so recently established, the Learned Counsel felt confident the Court would have no difficulty in granting the injunction. The VICE-CHANcELLott granted the injunction, observ ing that a petition had been presented to the Privy Coun cil, which was opposed to extend the patent. THE SPA - N - ISII CONTEST. BY PELAGIUS LETTER 111. The comparative unimportance of the Spanis t a capital, while it is a considerable advantage in a con test with a foreign enemy, is extremely inconvenient to the Government during a civil war. When Na poleon possessed Madrid, it added but little to his ad lantages.. The various provincial chief town s were, at least, ns important in the eyes of the inhabitants as a city which they looked upon more as the capital of Castile than as the capital of SPAIN ; but h.( the pre sent contest the want of a dense populatiot: in the centre of the empire is daily felt. Instead of the sca t of Government and the surrounding country being the strongest, it is the weakest part of the Monarchy. While London contains an eighth part of the popu lation of England, and Paris a fortieth of that of France, the proportion of the inhabitants of Madrid to those of Spain is but as one to a hunclred ; and while the ten thousand square miles of which London is the centre contain at last four millions of souls' an equal space in Spain, radiating from and including Madrid, does not present seven hundred thousand. It becomes, therefore, difficult to assemble on °' sudden emergency any considerable force from the pa pulation of the capital and vicinity—either to rein force the corps acting at a distance, or to defend the metropolis from anv inroad of the insurgents—neit her is it easy to find provisions for the maintenance of the troops. Nor is the security of the capital aided by fortificzv tions—so that it is at all times open to insult from any force numbering :a dozen battalions—that of Gomez'' for example, might become formidable to the seat of Government, if he were not closely pursued by Alai % and Narvaez ; and the chief fortresses and important towns, from whence aid might be derived, are all a t so great a distance that nothing could be done, by detach ments from their garrisons, in less than a fortnight. It was this central weakness which enabled the Con stitutionalists to throw off the yoke of the Court. Th e Liberals were organized in Barcelona, Valencia, Cadiz , Badajoz, Ferrol, &c., before troops could be m arched against them from Madrid ; and, threatened on so manY points of the circumference, the Government knew 1 1 ° which antagonist to make head against. A division of its force ensured defeat, and, if the whole had been directed against one city, the remainder would hav e gained sufficient time to have completed their prepara tions for effectual defence. The very same cause enhances the difficulty of crush ing the marauding bands which infest the provinces, and compels the Government to transfer the duty °f combating the enemy mainly to the militia--a duty which the latter are far from being qualified success' fully to discharge. Much mischief, moreover, arises to the Constitu tional cause, from one peculiarity in the character of the Spanish people. I allude to the extraordinary want of precaution which marks their proceeding s. Confident, to a nearly inconceivable degree, in their powers, prowess, and resources, they never prepare fo r danger, although they confront it with marvellous for titude—as the sieges of Zaragoza, Gerona, Hostalrieh , and other fortresses, in the war of independence, an of Bilboa, in the present contest, _testify. A marked instance of this infatuation was exhibited during the war of 1808-1814, when the French in' vaded Andalusia. Although Seville was filled wit h military stores of immense value, the Spaniards neve r took the trouble of placing them in security, by re moving them to Cadiz ; but supinely trusting to the defence of the Sierra Morena, and the 30,000 rabble who were called the army of Arrizaga, quietly slept ou/ till they saw the enemy entering the gates of the city ; nay, so utterly unprepared were they for a ny re' verse, that Cadiz itself, (absolutely INVALUABLE W to the cause), was left with scarcely a battalion to gar" rison it, and that all-important city would have falle n , without the firing of a shot, had not the Duke e l Albuquerque marched his division of 8,000 men ( 00 . his own responsibility) two hundred and fifty miles in nine days, and arrived about a dozen hours before th e French appeared under the walls. A similar want of forethought has been shown regard to Bilboa ; since the former siege a year ha s elapsed, during which period the garrison might have drawn a deep and wide canal round the town, fed frog' the river Nervion ; and the Government might hav e established on the river a flotilla of boats, drawing verY, little water, and armed with carronades, which w ould have been a defence ten times more availing than th e trivial forts, in which seven hundred men and manY pieces of cannon were thrown away. Such a flotilla, moreover, could, in two or three, hour s , have destroyed the bridges, and thus ren der e d it impossible for the Carlists on one bank to common" cate with and support those on the other. Had E s c partero been able, after crossing from the left bank , t ° destroy the bridges before Villareal had crossed, th e a Carlists on the right would have been destroyed a n Bilboa relieved. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) This was the General Petition Day. LITERARY FUND V. DIXON. Mr. BAGSHAWE appeared in support of the petition of the Literary Fund Society, which stated that Mrs. Dixon, who upon her marriage had very large property settled upon her, to her separate use for life, bequeathed 2,0001. to the Literary Fund Society, 1,4501. to the Moravian Mis sion Society, and 1,4501. to the Baptist Mission Society. Mrs. Dixon died in 1813, and her husband became the sole trustee of the fund. A bill having been filed by the three Societies against Mr. Dixon to have the funds brought into Court, a decree was made in the year 1834, declaring they were entitled to the several gifts, and the husband was ordered to transfer the funds into Court. Before this decree could be executed, Mr. Dixon became of unsound mind ; an officer of the Court was directed to make the necessary tranfer, and the funds were now in Court. Mr. Dixon being dead, the petition prayed that the costs might be taxed, and the funds dis tributed to the parties in the proportions in which they were entitled. The other Societies had presented a simi lar petition. The MASTER of the ROLLS granted the prayer of the petition, but observed that he could not well understand why one petition would not have answered the purpose, unless the intention was to create additional costs. No other petition of any public interest was presented up to the time of our leaving. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) LENNOX V. DESBOROUGH AND OTHERS. At the sitting of the Court this morning, the ATTORNEY.. GENERAL addressed the Jury at great length on behalf of the defendants, and proceeded to call witnesses in support of his case. The trial is likely not to conclude until a late hour this evening. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Before the Loan CHIEF JUSTICE and a Common Jury. YOUNG V. COLE. This was an action brought to recover the sum of 298/. under the following circumstances :—The plaintiff, a stock broker, purchased from the defendant four Guatemala Bonds, for which he paid the amount laid in the action. The plaintiff sold these bonds to another stockbroker of the name of Bryant, who sold them to a third party. In the course of two days the bonds were returned to Bryant, and the amount paid for them claimed, it having been dis covered in the meantime that the bonds were unstamped, and therefore not negotiable. Bryant returned the bonds to the plaintiff, and obtained the sum he had given far them ; and the plaintiff now brought his action against the defendant to recover this amount. _ _ _ —.......-.... ....._.... _. The LOAD CHIEF JUSTICE recommended to the Jury to find a verdict for the plaintiff, with liberty to the defendant to move to enter a nonsuit. _ _ The Jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff accordingly MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGIS TRATES.-(THIS DAY.) This being County day, theusual meeting of Middlesex Magistrates took place at the Sessions House, Clerkenwell, Mr. Sergeant ADAMS in the Chair. The Minutes of the last Court were read and confirmed. Mr. ALLEN, 'the County Treasurer, stated that he had received from the Overseers of St. George's, Hanover square, notice of an appeal against the County rate of the 27th of October last. Reports as to the state of the different County prisons were brought up. A letter was read from S. M. Phillips, Esq., Under-Se cretary of State for the Home Department, transmitting rules for the Government of the House of Correction, cer tified by the Secretary of State. The CHAIRMAN laid before the Court a copy of an order made by his Majesty in Council, as to the imprison ment of offenders in the General Penitentiary at Millbank. Several reports of Committees were presented. The trade of Sheffield has received a severe shock by the countermanding of many American orders. One house has been mentioned to us, which received, a few days ago, the countermand of an order to the amount of 9,0001. We understand there is difficulty in getting American bills discounted, and it is feared that the expected winding up of the banches of the Northern and Central Bank, may inconvenience many of their customers.—Shcificld Mercury. At the St. James's Theatre, a comical old gentle man, who had taken up his position in the pit, drew upon himself to the full as much attention by his gesticulations, grotesque appearance, and corporeal contortions, as the greatest comic performers on the stage could obtain. When Braham sang as Squire Norton the odd old gentleman in the pit moved hands, feet, eyes, arms, legs, and all his limbs so vigorously and remarkably as to fix every eye on him. The duet " I know a bank," sung by the Misses Smith (by the bye why does Braham ever separate these sisters of song, and prevent the public seeing them together ?) occa sioned such a sensation that the performer in the pit made several sorties, so decidedly demonstrative as to lead the audience to conjecture at each -renewed gesticulation that the amateur, in his paroxysm of pleasure, would actually leap forward on to the stage, and there testify aloud his hitherto silent raptures. About two years ago, a member of a respectable firm from the neighbourhood of Manchester having occasion to go to Liverpool on business, to the great surprise of his friends never returned; although he had been expected back the same day. Inquiries were made all over the coun try but without effect ; no tidings could be obtained re specting him ; and various surmises were entertained re specting his supposed fate. As the state of his affairs was not very well known to his friends, a commission of bank ruptcy was issued against him ; the debts were paid, and his partners' stability duly insured. Within the last week or two, however, a being, having the appearance of the aforesaid gentleman,, presented himself to his quon dam acquaintances and partner. Had some apparition from the nether world appeared they could not have been more surprised. On being spoken to his voice bore a striking resemblance to that of the lost gentleman, his exterior bore a great similarity ; he was found to be real flesh and blood ; in fact, it was the gentleman himself. Various were the inquiries as to where he had located him self, during so long a period, without the knowledge of his friends. At length it appeared that when he arrived at Liverpool, from Manchester, he met a medical friend, who advised him, for the benefit of his health, to proceed, we believe, to America. Being actuated by the spur of the moment, he instantly took his friend's advice, and without further parley took a berth and went on board a vessel that was just sailing, and thus bid farewell to old England ; until, as we have related, he the other day presented himself, with a renovated constitution, to his friends.—Liverpool Britannia. An inquest was held yesterday at Saffron-hill work house, on view of the body of Joseph Bayley, aged 28, who committed suicide by banging himself. The deceased, who was a sawyer, resided at No. 34, Hatton-wall. He had lately lost his wife, which preyed greatly upon his spirits, and drove him to intemperate habits. On Monday morning the unfortunate young man was discovered hanging to a beam in a workshop at the back of the house ; he was in stantly cut down, and Mr. Whitmore, surgeon, of Great Bath-street, Clerkenwell, attended in a few minutes ; but his presence was of no avail, the deceased being quite dead. Verdict, " TemporarY Derangement." A field of corn, cut previous to the late disastrous weather, was last week offered for sale, in the neighbour hood of Queen's-head, at twopence per sheaf, and without finding a purchaser, it being fit for nothing, exce pt to ma nure the ground for the next crop.—Halifax Express. SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. 21.—Wind, W.N. W.—„Arrived, the Swift Mara, from St. Michael's ; Isis, Scott, from Cephalonia and Margaret, Watt, from St. Petersburg. Put back, the Olympus, Cowl, for Calcutta ; and Hibernia, Gillies, for Madras. Came down from the river and remain, the Richard Bell, Rogers, for Hobart Town ; Duke of Norfolk, —, for St. Kitt's ; and Codrington, Gayner, for Antigua. PORTsgOUTH, DEC. 21.—Arrived, the Christine, Marie, from St. Andre. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind, W. N.W. FALMOUTH, DEC. 20.—Wind, S.W., light breezes.—Ar rived, the Atalanta steamer, from London for the East Indies; and the Aurora, —, for Dcnia. Sailed, the Lark, Miller, for Muscat. CREEK, DEC. 21.—Arrived, the Eliza and Nancy, —, from Marseilles. DOVER, DEC. 21.—Arrived off port, the Mary Ann, An derson, from Quebec. HOLYHEAD, DEc. 20.—Arrived, the Endymion, Plewes, from Quebec. CLYDE, DEC. 20.—Arrived, the Halyard, Brown, from Demerara ; Monarch, Welsh, from Montreal ; Rebecca, —, from Quebec ; and Royal Adelaide, —, from St. John's, New Brunswick. HARWICH, DEC. 21.—The Concordia, from Amsterdam to Surinam, has put into this port leaky, with sails split and loss of mainyard, having been blown out of the Channel and in contact with a brig 13th inst., which had her bowsprit carried away. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.—The Windsor, from Calcutta to Canton, in beating down the Hooghley over the Gasper Flats, about 28th August, struck, and immediately sunk—ship and cargo lost. The overland despatch of the Ist July arrived at Bombay previous to the I Ith September. The Louisa, Ball, arrived here, spoke on the 12th inst., in lat. 47. long. 26., the France, which vessel had spoken two days previous th e James Grant, from Miramiehi to this port, with loss of rudder and deck load, and with five feet water in the hold. The Mary Ann, Milly, has arrived here—sailed the 20th ult. ; tear the Banks was struck by a sea, which shattered the poop, swept the decks, and disabled the master and five seamen. Arrived the Malagar, from Bombay—sailed 12th Sept., St. Helena 11th Oct. ; Amity, Jefferson, and Cervantes, Rogerson, from Campeachy ; Diligent, —, from Maracaibo ; Ambassador, Upton, from New Orleans ; Mary Ann, Peters, Charlotte, Sloan, and John, Demfrey, from Quebec ; Hope, —, from Ifrail. Off port the Crown, —, from Calcutta ; and Mina, from Quebec. CORK, DEC. 19.—The Albion, Thompson, for London, was cut through with ice, but repaired, and sailed from Miramichi 27th ult., in company with the Amity, Rae, arrived here. ST. HELENA.—Arrived previous to the 12th of November the Reform, Selkirk, from the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed November 7, for Liverpool ; Blake, Thornton, from Bombay, and sailed Nov. 9 for Liverpool ; General Chasse, Karkarn, from Batavia, and sailed Nov. 8 for Rotterdam; Mercurius, from Batavia, and sailed Nov. 9 for Amsterdam ; Asia, Ritchie, from Batavia; Parsee, M'Killen, from Cal cutta, and sailed Nov. 10 for London ; Warwick, Brewer, from Madras ; Janet, Scott, from the Mauritius, and sailed Nov. 10 for London. BOMBAY, Auo. 31.—Sailed the Europe, for London. Ar rived previous to Sept. 13 the Euphrates, Backham, from London; Walmcr Castle, from London; Tory, Reid, from Liverpool ; Huddersfield, Hall, from Liverpool ; Asia, Matt, from Rio Janeiro. CALCUTTA.—Arrived the Artemis, Sparks, from London; Lord William Bentinck, from London ; Tigris, Hetherington, from Liverpool. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, 7'WELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are the French and Ostend mails ; and ship letters from Bombay of August 20, and September 12. The Bombay Papers received to the 21st of August, do not contain any news of importance. The important question which has agitated the monied interest for several days past, in respect to the decision of the Balk Directors to assist the Northern and Central Branch Bank, is said to have been settled yesterday. The terms which were offered on the part of the Bank of Eng land for their assistance were dispatched to Manchester on Monday, by express ; and it' is stated that the reply was received yesterday, acceding to the conditions which the Directors of the Bank had proposed. These terms have not as yet transpired. THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning with an improvement on the leaving-off price of 884 ;at present 881 89 for the open ing ; Exchequer Bills, 15 17 ; India Bonds, 9 11 ; Bank Stock, 208 209. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet ; Spanish Ac tive, 20-1 ; Passive, 54 d ; Deferred, 81 ; Portuguese, 43 441 ; Three per Cents., 281 4 ; Colombian, 214 221 ; Dutch Two and a Half per Cents., 53- 54*. .HAL.F.PAST ONE. Consols, which were rather buoyant in the early part of the morning, soon after receded from 89i to 88-1 ; at pre sent, 88,4- 89 for the Account ; Reduced, 874 -4- ; Ex chequer Bills, 15 17 prem. ; India Bonds, 9 11 prem. ; Bank Stock, 208 f. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active, 20i 4 ; Pas sive, 5i s ; Deferred, 8 to 84 ; Portuguese, 44 ; Three per Cents., 29 ; Columbian, 22-4 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Ha'" per Dents., 544. Consols for the Account, 88i 89. THREE O'CLOCK Cartwright, the game-watcher, who was shot at Nun-Appleton, on Friday week, was considerably better at the last accounts, and great hopes are entertained of his recovery. We believe that application is intended to be made to the Court of King's Bench to admit to bail the four ltidsdales who are now in the castle, awaiting their trial as accessories after the fact. —Hull Observer. Last week, a woman at Jersey having got drunk hung herself in the aberration of mind occasioned by taking spirituous liquors. Professor Meinecke, of Halle, proposes to light houses and streets by means of an electric spark, and he thinks that this system may supersede that of gas, as giv ing a better light and more economical. His plan is to construct luminous tubes, having at intervals metallic plates, on which might be formed, by means of a machine, a rapid succession of electric sparks. The professor has obtained by an operation of this kind, and from a two-feet machine, a constant light in his apartment resembling a bright moon light. By confining the sparks in a tube filled with rarified hydrogen gas, the professor thinks it will be easy to Ob tain the same result on a large scale. NIGHTINGALES.—M. Merveaux has communi cated to the French Academy of Sciences a curious circum stance respecting som" nightingales in his garden. They had built their nest in the lower part of a hedge, when some water in the neighbourhood rose with such impe tuosity as to inundate the garden. M. Merveaux watched the nightingales with some anxiety, and one day, when the water had reached to within six paces of the nest, ho only perceived two eggs. He at first th o u g ht that the nest had been abandoned, but coming to it very soon after, he only saw one, and this time waited to see the result. He was much astonished to behold the last egg disappear with the birds, who, flying cautiously, but rapidly, carried it to a new nest, at the highest part of the hedge, where he saw all four eggs deposited in safety ; and where they were after wards hatched. He could not ascertain how the parent birds carried these eggs. An alarming fire broke out on Tuesday night (just as the family were retiring to rest) in the lower part of the house of Mr.. Blain, eating-house keeper, North Audley street, Grosvenor-square. The servant-girl first discovered the flames on the kitchen stairs, through a glass door at the end of the passage. Storey, with several men and an en gine from the Baker-street station, soon reached the spot, and fortunately an instantaneous supply of water was ob tained, when, by their judicious exertions, the raging de ment was confined to the lower part of Mr. Blain's pre mises, who is insured for the loss sustained in the Phoenix Fire-office. Not the least idea can be formed of the origin of the fire. On Friday last, Mr. Clarke, poulterer, Boston, killed 637 geese for the London market, one of which weighed 181bs. It is calculated that Mr. Clarke, alone, will send to the London market, this y4::ar, about 13,000 geese, and , apwards of 1,000 turkeys ; but even this num ber, in consequence of the articles being very dear, falls short of Mr. Clarke's usual number.—Lincoln Gazette, (TO BE CONTINUED.) The gendarmerie of Sens have just made a singe' arrest. Three young Parisians , students at the college °,l St. Louis, fatigued with the study of t h e c l a ssics, eonceive` ci the idea of taking a trip into Itaiy. The youths disdain. e u to go through the usual routine of p rovidin g th e mselves w ere passports or luggage , and to ok with them only the 131 sum of 60 francs, and a quantity of paper to mak e dravi' ings of the principal objects,which might strike the ir atte r , tion. They looked forward to a brilliant career ; but, 3 , 14 , - their waking dreams of future greatness were soon cu'' pelted by a demand from an active gendarme for their Pa t i pers. They wished to decline giving their names, 'l,lO only replied that they were taking a tour as artists,'but,:tn was not satisfactory to the officer, who soon deposited thert safely within the four walls of a prison , whence they to o 0 meditate on some other plan of operations. From this .0 3 1 the would-be tourists were obliged to write to their il.°'_o lies declaring their repentance, and begging their exertio to procure their release.—French Paper. The King of Prussia lately received a letter ° c . l l : dressed to him by a girl of eleven years of age, residieg.,l, a s tro o 7 a village in West Prussia. The child expressed desire to learn music, and, as her parents were very q,,, she hoped the King would send her an instrument . he ar letter commenced thus—“ Dearly beloved King, es: ,cho what a good-natured, kind sort of a man you are, Ste. , t o desired instrument was very soon forwarded to her. ---P Paper. The Aberdeen Herald suggests a plan ing the whale fishing more profitable, safe, and agleeableo'f That something is necessary to encourage this 'braac il i v e commerce is proved by the fact that within the last tw e ,o, years the number of vessels employed has decreased from I , to 81 ! The plan is simply to establish a settlement of 5 . 0 Live and enterprising whale fishers on some favourite sf)4;e the vicinity of Davis' Straits, and to e mploy so mail ° T i e vessels as may be necessary to carry out provisions to and colony, and fetch home the oil, blubber, whalebone, . other articles which may be thought worth importiv4; for render' From all the information that we at present pcsse sg ' j e . se tt should think that the most elig ible p osition for the, ment would be at Pond's Bay , or somewhere between tlO and Lancaster Sound, on the west coast of Baffiiii., l3 , BY e ; There are some situations on the north-east shore (. 1 1, ; Regent's Bay, for example) that might be found suitab le but, of late years, the fishers assert that the w hales ha been most plentiful towards the other shore. The foot of the hill, turning into Farrinadon-streetf may be almost called a fatal pass, for scarcely :day' occ urs !. without some accident occurring—individuals passing 01011; in the direction of Holborn, are but too often unaware in of the reckless speed with which both omnibus and cabricil turn this corner. Yesterday a respectable lady, wh at Il a a been to meet her two sons, who bad arrived by coach a t t t" New Inn, Old Bailey, from school, was knocked down. Y cab, and received a severe compound fracture of the 11; One of the boys, in endeavouring to save bis m other , wl, sever e ly lacerated about the face and head. ,Meicl.o.lo vice was immediately procured, and the parties are, it is hoped, doing well. Some of the police obtained the no.", bet. of the cab, and proceedings are already in band to bra'b the offender to justice. \~ A. ..,